The Killer Inside

A FREE digital-only short story from the acclaimed author of Girl 4. Included is an exclusive extract of Will Carver's new book Dead Set (out 21st November 2013).

Will Carver is 33 years old, married and comes from Reading. His fantastic debut, Girl 4 was published in 2011, with The Two following in 2012. Dead Set, publishing November 2013, is his third thriller.

A FREE digital-only short story from the acclaimed author of Girl 4. Included is an exclusive extract of Will Carver's new book Dead Set (out 21st November 2013). 
 
I am about to be put into prison for a very a long time. 
 
I have killed. Again and again. 
 
And I won’t be stopped. 
 
Not even when I am locked up. 
 
That’s not me. 
 
I am Eames. And I haven’t finished. 
 
She knows I haven’t finished. 
 
Not yet.

The Two

The second book from the great new voice in thriller writing

Will Carver is 31 years old, married and comes from Reading. His fantastic debut, Girl 4 was published in 2011. The Two is his second thriller.

They Kill Without Mercy. Disappear Without Trace. 
 
They are The Two. 
 
And now the stakes are raised once more for Detective January David. 
 
5 lie dead, brutally murdered - the first taken on the night of Halloween and as autumn bleeds into winter more ritualistic murders are discovered. 
 
January must battle his demons, for in his mind lies the clue to stopping a ruthless murderer. 
 
But his worst nightmares have literally come true when he discovers there's not one but two twisted killers on the loose ...

Girl 4

A major new thriller launch from a chilling new voice in the genre

There is a vivid - almost cinematic - quality to the writing. It is intense and makes for uncomfortable yet compulsive reading

Will Carver's debut crime thriller centres around Detective Inspector January David's efforts to catch a serial killer. A tense and often gory read, this will have readers trying to guess who the killer is from page one

This writer will go from strength to strength and I believe we will be hearing a lot more from Mr. Carver.

Brilliant debut, highly imaginative and so compelling

The book layout is completely different to anything I've read before. Will's characters are the killer, the victims and the police. What makes it so good is that every one of them is written in first person. That's no mean feat as a writer.

Will Carver is 31 years old. He is married and comes from Reading. Girl 4 is his first thriller.

Detective Inspector January David has always put his professional before his private life, but the two worlds are about to clash horrifically as he visits his latest crime scene. He is confronted by a lifeless figure suspended ten feet above a theatre stage, blood pouring from her face into a coffin below. This gruesome execution is the work of an elusive serial killer. 
 
Three women from three different London suburbs, each murdered with elaborate and chilling precision. And as January stares at the most beautiful corpse he's ever seen, he detects the killer's hallmark. 
 
But Girl 4 is different: she is alive - barely. And January recognises her...

Will Carver

Throw in the unusual way Carver delivers his tense, twisty tale - from all angles - and you've a book by a man who should be rubbing shoulders with the top flight storytellers.

Surprising, delightful, downright scary and utterly fascinating.

Chilling, absorbing and superbly paced ... intelligent and unpredictable.

A book that is interesting, tells a good story, keeps the old grey cells moving about and is difficult to put down.

Will Carver is back with a veritable bang, Dead Set has an incredible and everlasting punch. The way Carver closes the book is sensational.

Following on from Girl 4 and The Two, Detective Inspector January David is back in a fantastic new thriller. 
 
 
Detective Inspector January David doesn’t love me. 
 
He loves his missing sister. He loves his job. 
 
But he doesn’t love me. Not in the way he should. 
 
I am his wife. I am still his wife. 
 
And I will do anything for him. 
 
No matter what I have to sacrifice.

Will Carver

Praise for Dead Set

Throw in the unusual way Carver delivers his tense, twisty tale - from all angles - and you've a book by a man who should be rubbing shoulders with the top flight storytellers.

Surprising, delightful, downright scary and utterly fascinating.

Chilling, absorbing and superbly paced ... intelligent and unpredictable.

Throw in the unusual way Carver delivers his tense, twisty tale - from all angles - and you've a book by a man who should be rubbing shoulders with the top flight storytellers.

Surprising, delightful, downright scary and utterly fascinating.

Chilling, absorbing and superbly paced ... intelligent and unpredictable.

Throw in the unusual way Carver delivers his tense, twisty tale - from all angles - and you've a book by a man who should be rubbing shoulders with the top flight storytellers.

Surprising, delightful, downright scary and utterly fascinating.

Chilling, absorbing and superbly paced ... intelligent and unpredictable.

Books by Will Carver

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